/Actions/orders taken against health practitioners/Laura Latina

08 Dec. 2023

Laura Latina

Health care worker


The Health Ombudsman issued an interim prohibition order imposing restrictions on the provision of health services provided by Laura Latina, effective 8 December 2023.

Scope of Practice

The restrictions imposed include the requirements the practitioner:

  • Must not be physically present with a patient during childbirth, including during a patient’s labour and/or when they are giving birth.
  • Must ensure that any advertising of the health practitioner’s provision of health services, including on third party websites, includes a statement advising the public of restriction 1 – that is, that the Health Ombudsman has placed a restriction on the practitioner’s provision of health services requiring that the practitioner must not be physically present with a patient during childbirth, including during a patient’s labour and/or when they are giving birth.
  • Unless practising as a self-employed health practitioner, the practitioner must practise only in employment and at practice locations approved by the Health Ombudsman and published on the Office of the Health Ombudsman website.

Approved employment and practice locations

The practitioner does not currently have Health Ombudsman approval to practise in any employment or practice location.

Period of action or order

In accordance with section 73(2) of the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 (the Act), the order continues to have effect until the earliest of the following happens –

  • the order ends under section 90H of the Act;
  • QCAT sets aside the decision to issue the order on application by the practitioner for a review of the decision;
  • the Health Ombudsman revokes the order under section 76 of the Act.